Profitmind, an agentic AI decision intelligence platform designed for retail teams, announced its planned availability in the Microsoft Marketplace by Spring 2026. This integration will enable Microsoft customers worldwide to discover and deploy Profitmind, providing unified access and streamlined management across Microsoft Azure and other Microsoft products.
The platform is designed to assist retailers in operationalizing AI across weekly business and planning workflows. It aims to reduce manual spreadsheet work and accelerate decision-making for enterprise teams. Profitmind utilizes specialized AI agents to emulate retail team operations, rapidly identifying opportunities, testing cross-functional tradeoffs, and presenting recommendations with the necessary context for faster and more accurate execution.
Dr. Mark Chrystal, CEO of Profitmind, stated, “Microsoft’s global reach, and its track record in business software give Profitmind a powerful foundation to scale fast. With Profitmind on the Microsoft Marketplace, enterprise retailers can adopt our agentic AI decision intelligence platform more easily and move from spreadsheets to profit-first recommendations faster.”
Keith Mercier, Vice President, Worldwide Retail & Consumer Goods Industry at Microsoft, added, “Profitmind shows the real impact of agentic AI in merchandising—turning complex data into clear, prioritized actions that help retailers move faster. Merchandising and inventory planning sit at the heart of every retail operation. By combining Profitmind’s intelligent automation with the power of Microsoft’s platforms, we’re helping retailers drive better decisions and streamline execution within their existing workflows.”
Profitmind’s native agentic AI architecture unifies a retailer’s strategy, internal data, and external competitive signals. It delivers prioritized and explainable recommendations across key areas such as pricing, promotions, inventory, marketing, and assortment. The platform is built to mirror the week-to-week operations of cross-functional retail teams, reducing manual reporting and spreadsheet reconciliation by surfacing a ranked set of actions linked to sales, profit, and working capital impact, while integrating with existing execution systems.
Currently, Profitmind powers mission-critical merchandising decisions for over a dozen retailers globally, with revenues ranging from $20 million to $100 billion across various merchandise categories on three continents. The platform has contributed to outcomes such as a 250+ basis point profit improvement for one client and hundreds of hours saved per month in manual data work.
